Tanner assessment of pubertal development
Last reviewed 01/2018
The Tanner assessment of pubertal development is used to give a standardised way of refering to pubertal staging. For each sex there are three scores; 0 is prepubertal and 5 is postpubertal. Scoring is based on:
- breast development in girls, genital development in boys
- pubic hair development
- axillary hair development